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Screwdriver（スクリュードライバー）

Screwdriver served in a highball glass
スクリュードライバー · 1940sHighball · Built

Vodka and orange juice — the two-ingredient drink that taught the world cocktails didn't have to be complicated.

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01Recipe

Recommended recipe

House spec — an editorial spec drawing on the sourced versions below.

Ingredients and measures
IngredientMeasure
Vodka50 ml
Orange juice100 ml

Total volume (pre-dilution)

  1. 01

    Fill a highball glass with ice.

  2. 02

    Add vodka, top with orange juice.

  3. 03

    Stir once gently. Garnish.

Garnish — Orange slice

02Taste profile

Sweetness
70Strong
Sourness*
0Faint
Bitterness
10Faint
Fruitiness
72Strong
Herbal*
0Faint
Alcohol
22Light
Crisp
38Light

Independent editorial scores, 0–100. *Estimated from the ingredient list — a profile sketch, not a verdict.

03History

Oil workers in the Persian Gulf in the 1940s–50s reportedly stirred vodka into their orange juice with screwdrivers — the tool, not the pun. The story is disputed, but it's the one that stuck.

By the 1970s the Screwdriver had become vodka's passport into every American kitchen — the drink that made 'vodka and juice' a sentence.

Origin contested — the entry keeps verified record and received legend distinct.

Sources — IBA · Difford's Guide

05Variations

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